This Early Bird is crawling out from his nest one more time this week, to bring you even more news from meeting land:
The Woodstock Selectboard on Tuesday voted in favor of using $52,000 from the sewer department’s surplus to offset sewer operating expenses. This would keep the town sewer tax rate at the current level of $6.48 per 10 cubic feet for the coming year.
However, before actually moving the surplus funds, the town must have the blessing of the voters. And so, also on Tuesday, the selectboard voted to warn a special town sewer meeting for Feb. 7 – which will be held in tandem with the board’s regular meeting at 7 p.m. that night.
The selectboard has used sewer surplus funds in this way before, and the resulting special meetings haven’t drawn much attention. (It’s hard to imagine anyone opposing keeping the sewer tax level.) Still, that will be the golden opportunity for anyone with any questions or comments on this topic to step forward and be heard.
Julia Carlisle
Woodstock Early Bird 